Puntlanders have an expression when dealing with their Somali countrymen; ‘Mogadishu may be a pot of boiling water, but in that pot is good meat, and getting your hands burnt is a small price to…
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Meet Pwani, Africa’s Newest Country
Pwani is the Swahili term for ‘coast,’ and in this case it references not the coast of Tanzania, known also as Pwani, but to the Coast Province of Kenya. Since the ascent of Al-Shabaab’s militant…
Oil and Gas Security in Puntland
Skipping over the bulk of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group’s (SEMG) flawed recent report on the weapons embargo on Somalia, we were able to get a general idea of the length to which the…
Who is Matt Bryden?
Four summers ago, the United Nations was able to help broker a peace settlement between the Transitional Federal Government of former Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia led by…
Ethiopia After the Death of Its Leader
For the past year, Ethiopia’s prime minister of 21 years, Meles Zenawi, was the subject of rumors that centered around his health. Months passed and every event he attended would be cause for worry as…
The Calm Before Somalia’s Great Storm
At this moment, Somalia is only matched by the likes of Syria and Mali when it comes to the intensity of the pressure being placed on them to deliver a specific set of results. In…
How Much Money Will It Cost to Rebuild Somalia?
When the regime of former Somali president Siad Barre fell in 1991 the ensuing conflict damaged or destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure. Before the collapse of the last Somali regime, the…
The United Nations’ Bogus Monitoring Report on Somalia
In its latest monitoring report on the status of Somalia’s weapons embargo, the United Nations’ task force for Somalia and Eritrea used their time and resources to deliver a grossly biased and incomplete report. At…
Biggest Spoilers to the Somali Peace Process
Somalia’s transition to a full-fledged system of national governance is desired by all Somalis, at home and abroad, but the path to peace is not with which many agree on. While some Somalis and Somali-philes…
Can Oil be the Source of Somalia’s Renewal?
Six months ago, during the spudding of Somalia’s first exploratory well in over twenty years, Al-Jazeera’s Kamahl Santamaria asked audiences around the world if oil would be a curse or perhaps the renewal of Somalia….
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